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Rhythmic Form in Art by Irma A. Richter ISBN: 0486443795 Dover Publications Price: $14.95 click here to see this book In this captivating study, an influential scholar-artist offers timeless advice on shape, form, and composition for artists in any medium. Richter illuminates the connections between art and science by surveying works of art from classical antiquity through the Modernist era, illustrating how artists animate their works with geometric principles. 38 figures. 34 plates. Republication of the London, 1932 edition. Table of Contents for Rhythmic Form in Art I. Introduction a. Architecture, Sculpture and Painting b. Painting and Music c. Proportion in Space II. Pythagoras III. Greek Art and Mathematics IV. Mathematical Definitions a. Geometric Proportion b. Divine Proportion c. Geometric Progression d. Table of Arithmetic Values e. Pentagon and Decagon V. Rhythmic Division of Space in Art VI. Timæus a. Creation by Geometry b. The Timæus in Christian Cosmology c. Plato and the Renaissance VII. Egypt a. Tombstone of an Egyptian King b. Pectoral of Senusert II VIII. The Greek Vase a. Vase Forms b. Vase Painting IX. A Greek Relief X. The Parthenon a. The Euthynteria b. The Stylobate c. The Doric Order d. The Peristyle e. The Capital f. The Façade g. The Metope h. The Cella i. The Naos Appendix XI. The Middle Ages a. Chartres b. Aureoles and Nimbi c. Dante's Zones of Heaven XII. Italian Painting a. The Origin b. The Quattrocento c. The Cinquecento d. Venice XIII. Some Masterpieces of other Schools Dürer, El Greco, Poussin, Fragonard, Hogarth, Cézanne XIV. A Retrospect Index

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